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9:00 Topic: Getting over the poly hump

Franklin and Eve give advice! How did you come to accept and embrace polyamory when it wasn’t your idea? For those who didn’t originally self-identify as polyamorous, how did you deal with conflicting emotion and come to embrace polyamory?

Recognize that your partner wanting polyamory is not about you.

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Thank your partner for having the courage to be honest about what he/she needs.

Acknowledge that the relationship has already changed, so resist the urge to hold on to what you used to have.

Accept that this exploration of polyamory may mean that the current relationship might end.

Recognize that you are empowered to leave the relationship if it doesn’t work for you.

Find something in this new type of relationship for you that is a true benefit, not a “grit-and-bear-it” situation.

A listener writes in to call bullshit on something not mentioned on episode 364 on being in love and vetoed: it’s the responsibility of the partner to stand up for the new relationship. The fact that the husband defend his relationship in the face of his wife’s communication blockade was indefensible. He says if you’re at the point of a vee, it’s your job to stand up for your new relationship as well as for your existing one.

Listener calls in to say that PW saved her and kept her sane!

53:30Wrap up

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